Nginx, URL rewrite: Location or $request?

Question

I need some help to understand the Nginx rewrite function.

Imagine, a real file is at the following address:

http://www.domain.com/library/content/folder/country/page/index.html

I want to rewrite the URL, to have something better (more human readable!):

http://www.domain.com/page

1. How can I do that with Nginx?

location = /... {
    rewrite ...
}

Or

if ($request ~* "page") {
    rewrite ...
}

2. How can I write this rule ?

If I was using Apache, I will write something like this:

RewriteRule ^page /(.*) library/contents/folder/contry/page/$1 [L]

blandw blandw · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-19T08:25:38

You can use the alias or root instructions in a location block

location /page/ {
    root /my/absolute/path/library/content/folder/country/;
}

location /page/ {
    alias /my/absolute/path/library/content/folder/country/page/;
}

Source: http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpCoreModule

Nginx, URL rewrite: Location or $request?

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